--- title: Presently a soldier came to summon Moti to the king; and, when he ar… — The Lilac Fairy Book · tree and pragmatics description: Presently a soldier came to summon Moti to the king; and, when he arrived and made his obeisance, the king began to question him as to why he had galloped off with the horse in this fashion. Who acts: soldier, Moti, king. 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The page gives its syntax tree — a dependency tree in the style of Universal Dependencies — and its pragmatics clause by clause: who acts (soldier, Moti, king), what happens, when and where, as Mova's frames read it from the tree. **Parsed by Mova, not checked by a teacher.** This tree is Mova's own parse (the `en` model, on the CPU, when the site is built); it may be wrong. ## The tree {#tree} ```conllu # sent_id = book:pg3454:15:64 # text = Presently a soldier came to summon Moti to the king; and, when he arrived and made his obeisance, the king began to question him as to why he had galloped off with the horse in this fashion. 1 Presently presently ADV RB _ 4 advmod _ _ 2 a a DET DT Definite=Ind|PronType=Art 3 det _ _ 3 soldier soldier NOUN NN Number=Sing 4 nsubj _ _ 4 came come VERB VBD Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin 0 root _ _ 5 to to PART TO _ 6 mark _ _ 6 summon summon VERB VB VerbForm=Inf 4 xcomp _ _ 7 Moti Moti PROPN NNP Number=Sing 6 obj _ _ 8 to to ADP IN _ 10 case _ _ 9 the the DET DT Definite=Def|PronType=Art 10 det _ _ 10 king king NOUN NN Number=Sing 6 obl _ SpaceAfter=No 11 ; ; PUNCT : _ 16 punct _ _ 12 and and CCONJ CC _ 16 cc _ SpaceAfter=No 13 , , PUNCT , _ 16 punct _ _ 14 when when ADV WRB PronType=Int 16 advmod _ _ 15 he he PRON PRP Case=Nom|Gender=Masc|Number=Sing|Person=3|PronType=Prs 16 nsubj _ _ 16 arrived arrive VERB VBD Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin 4 parataxis _ _ 17 and and CCONJ CC _ 18 cc _ _ 18 made make VERB VBD Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin 16 conj _ _ 19 his his PRON PRP$ Case=Gen|Gender=Masc|Number=Sing|Person=3|Poss=Yes|PronType=Prs 20 nmod:poss _ _ 20 obeisance obeisance NOUN NN Number=Sing 18 obj _ SpaceAfter=No 21 , , PUNCT , _ 24 punct _ _ 22 the the DET DT Definite=Def|PronType=Art 23 det _ _ 23 king king NOUN NN Number=Sing 24 nsubj _ _ 24 began begin VERB VBD Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin 16 conj _ _ 25 to to PART TO _ 26 mark _ _ 26 question question VERB VB VerbForm=Inf 24 xcomp _ _ 27 him he PRON PRP Case=Acc|Gender=Masc|Number=Sing|Person=3|PronType=Prs 26 obj _ _ 28 as as SCONJ IN _ 33 mark _ _ 29 to to ADP IN _ 28 fixed _ _ 30 why why ADV WRB PronType=Int 33 advmod _ _ 31 he he PRON PRP Case=Nom|Gender=Masc|Number=Sing|Person=3|PronType=Prs 33 nsubj _ _ 32 had have AUX VBD Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin 33 aux _ _ 33 galloped gallop VERB VBN Tense=Past|VerbForm=Part|Voice=Pass 24 xcomp _ _ 34 off off ADP RP _ 33 compound:prt _ _ 35 with with ADP IN _ 37 case _ _ 36 the the DET DT Definite=Def|PronType=Art 37 det _ _ 37 horse horse NOUN NN Number=Sing 33 obl _ _ 38 in in ADP IN _ 40 case _ _ 39 this this DET DT Number=Sing|PronType=Dem 40 det _ _ 40 fashion fashion NOUN NN Number=Sing 33 obl _ SpaceAfter=No 41 . . PUNCT . _ 4 punct _ _ ``` ## Pragmatics {#pragmatics} | # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by | | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | | 1 | **come** | past | a soldier | | | | | presently *property* | tree rules | | 2 | **summon** | to-infinitive | a soldier *not said here* | | Moti | | | to the king | vn urge-58.1-1 «NP V NP»: agent=Agent moti=Recipient | | 3 | **arrive** | past | Moti | | | | | | vn escape-51.1-1 «NP V»: agent=Theme | | 4 | **make** | past | Moti *not said here* | Moti's obeisance | | | | | vn build-26.1-1 «NP.asset V NP»: agent=Asset obeisance=Product | | 5 | **begin** | past | the king | | | | | | vn begin-55.1-1-1 «NP V S\_ING»: agent=Agent clause=Eventuality | | 6 | **question** *speech: other* | to-infinitive | the king *not said here* | | Moti | | | | vn interrogate-37.1.3 «NP V NP»: agent=Agent he=Recipient | | 7 | **gallop off** | past · perfect | Moti | | | this fashion | | with the horse | vn run-51.3.2-2 «NP V PP.location»: agent=Theme in fashion=Trajectory | | 8 | **obey** | | Moti | | | | | | nom obeisance «communication transitive»: poss=agent | One row per clause the reader finds. «not said here»: a role filled from the clause above. «roles by»: a VerbNet class and frame when one fits the verb, else the reader's rules on the tree. **Text:** «The Lilac Fairy Book» by Andrew Lang, Project Gutenberg book 3454 (public domain in the USA). **Tree:** Mova's own parse, Elamur Cosmic License. **Frames:** Mova's frames reader (`prag`), the chapter read in order. - ← previous: [sentence 63](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/tales/pg3454/15/63/) - next →: [sentence 65](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/tales/pg3454/15/65/) - ↑ back to [The Lilac Fairy Book, part 15](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/tales/pg3454/15/)